Verisys vs Harper
Checked against their own pages, October 2026
Credentialing and sanctions data for healthcare, including its FACIS database, sold to organizations by quote. Harper is a free search across the HHS OIG LEIE, SAM.gov and every state Medicaid exclusion list it can read, with the source and freshness of each list published. Below is what each says about its own coverage, with links to where they say it.
Side by side
| Verisys | Harper | |
|---|---|---|
| State Medicaid lists | Its FACIS page says 38 Medicaid sanctions sources. An older Verisys page lists 39 states and DC.Source: FACIS, State Medicaid exclusion databases | Every state that publishes a list: 43 of the 50 states and DC, each named with its record count and last read date. 40 read successfully on our latest run, as of October 14, 2026. |
| Federal and other lists | HHS OIG LEIE, SAM.gov, OFAC and Medicare and Medicaid opt-outs, within a database it describes as drawing on thousands of primary sources.Source: FACIS | HHS OIG LEIE (84,030 records) and SAM.gov exclusions (169,028), as of October 14, 2026. No CMS Preclusion List, Medicare Opt-Out or Death Master File. |
| Refresh | Describes near real-time updates.Source: FACIS | Every source is read weekly, and the date of the last successful read is published per source. |
| Price | Not published; sold by quote. | Free. |
| Free name search | No free public name search found on its site. | Yes. Any name, no account, plus an API and an MCP server for AI assistants. |
Where Verisys offers more
- Far broader data than Medicaid exclusion lists, drawn from what it describes as thousands of primary sources.
- Medicare and Medicaid opt-out and OFAC coverage.
- A faster stated refresh than Harper’s weekly read.
Where Harper is different
- Harper search is free and open to anyone, with no account.
- Harper lists every state source by name with its record count and the date it was last read.
Which to use
Verisys is a good fit for a health system or plan that needs credentialing-grade sanctions data across many source types, not only Medicaid exclusion lists. Harper fits a quick check of a name, a roster or a vendor against every list without signing up, or a team that wants to see exactly which lists were checked and how current each was.
Other comparisons
Vendor facts were read from the linked pages in October 2026 and may have changed since. If something here is wrong, the corrections page says how to tell us.